Bullet that killed ‘Kero Man’ fired from gun found with accused -witness

Cyon Collier

A new police witness yesterday testified that the bullet recovered from the body of Chandrapaul Persaud was discharged from the AK-47 Assault Rifle that was found with murder accused Cyon Collier, called ‘Picture Boy.’

It is alleged that Collier murdered Persaud, 34, called ‘Kero Man,’ on September 30, 2006. Persaud was shot by one of three gunmen who launched an attack on him outside his Non Pareil, East Coast Demerara home, minutes after he drove his vehicle into the yard.

Sergeant Eon Jackson took to the stand and stated that on October 3, 2006, Captain Floyd Hosannah gave him an envelope containing two spent casings. That same day, he said, Sergeant Chabinauth Singh gave him a fired bullet. Singh had earlier indicated that it